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» Global air passenger traffic growth decreases reports IATA

The fact that airlines are making any money at all with weak markets and high fuel prices is a tribute to their strong business performance ... Read more

» Orient-Express Hotels remains non-committal about USD 1.8 billion bid by IHCL

The US company posted a profit in the third-quarter ended September 30, with net earnings, in line with analysts estimate, at $17.73 million or $0.17 per share, as compared to a net loss of $49.92 million ... Read more

» Amsterdam looking for ways to get around coffe shop ban for tourists

From January 1 tourists will be barred from its famous marijuana-selling coffee shops ... Read more

» Shangri la Mumbai gets environmental clearance but developers to face action for construction

The construction on the luxury hotel cost about Rs773 crore and started in 2004. However, developers did not seek environment clearance for the project till last year ... Read more

» Kaziranga National Park & Rajiv Gandhi National Park in Assam reopened for tourists

Floods had inundated three national parks in Assam including Kaziranga National Park, where two-thirds of the world's famed one-horned rhinoceroses live;Some animals were forced out of the park to nearby hills ... Read more

» ID proof mandatory for reserved train travel from December 1

In addition to the approved present set of IDs, the Railways have added senior citizen card, BPL card, ESI card and student IDs as ID proof ... Read more

» Anamalai Tiger Reserve uses GPS to earmark areas where eco tourism would be permissible

The survey will help ATR in identifying apart from regulated tourism areas the buffer zone, forest borders, tea plantation areas and encroachment areas in the forest range ... Read more

» InterContinental Hotels Group has 110 hotels in the pipeline for ME, India & Africa 

The seven new hotels will add 1,500 rooms over the next three years to the UAE, where IHG currently has 18 hotels or 4,960 rooms ... Read more

» Infosys cuts business class travel privileges of senior executives

In the three-months to September 30 Infosys spent Rs 382 crore in travel costs for the six-month period it was, Rs 753 crore ... Read more

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